Should You Move To Another Country To Escape The Collapse Of America? 10 Questions To Ask Yourself First

By Michael

Why are so many people leaving the United States right now?  Over the past couple of years, an increasing number of Americans have decided that moving to another country is the best way to prepare for the collapse of America.  According to the U.S. State Department, an all-time record of more than 6 million Americans are now working or studying overseas.  Of course many of those that have left the country do not believe that the U.S. economy is going to collapse, but without a doubt there are an increasing number of preppers that believe that now is the time to “escape from America” while they still can.  And certainly there are a lot of reasons why the U.S. is becoming less appealing with each passing day.  In addition to our economic problems, crime is on the rise in our cities, our liberties and freedoms are being eroded at a frightening pace, political correctness is wildly out of control, and our corrupt politicians continue to make things even worse.  But is life really that much better in the rest of the world?  The sad truth is that life in most other nations is more difficult than it is in the United States.  Yes, there are some nations that are relatively stable and that look promising at first glance, but the truth is that moving to another country is never easy.  If you plan to do it, there are some hard questions that you need to ask yourself first.
If you plan to move permanently to another nation, it would be wise to visit first.  The way that things work in a foreign country is often very, very different from how things work in the United States.  If you are not accustomed to being in a foreign culture, it can feel like your whole world is being turned upside down.
But of course it is definitely possible to make a successful transition to another culture.  Millions of Americans have done it.  The following is from a recent RT article…

Ever dream of leaving it all behind and heading out of America? You’re not the only one. A new study shows that more US citizens than ever before are living outside of the country.
According to statistics from the US State Department, around 6.4 million Americans are either working or studying overseas, which Gallup says is the largest number ever for such statistic.
The polling organization came across the number after conducting surveys in 135 outside nations and the information behind the numbers reveal that this isn’t exactly a longtime coming either — numbers have skyrocketed only in recent years. In the 24 months before polling began, the number of Americans between the ages of 25 and 34 living abroad managed to surge from barely 1 percent to over 5.1 percent. For those under the age span wishing to move overseas, the percentage has jumped in the same amount of time from 15 percent to 40.

But picking up and moving to a foreign nation is not something to be done lightly.
The following are 10 questions to ask yourself before you decide to move to another country…
Do You Speak The Language?  If Not, How Will You Function?
If you do not speak the language of the country that you are moving to, that can create a huge problem.  Just going to the store and buying some food will become a challenge.  Every interaction that you have with anyone in that society will be strained, and your ability to integrate into the culture around you will be greatly limited.
How Will You Make A Living?
Unless you are independently wealthy, you will need to make money.  In a foreign nation, it may be very difficult for you to find a job – especially one that pays as much as you are accustomed to making in the United States.
Will You Be Okay Without Your Family And Friends?
Being thousands of miles away from all of your family and friends can be extremely difficult.  Will you be okay without them?  And it can be difficult to survive in a foreign culture without any kind of a support system.  Sometimes the people that most successfully move out of the country are those that do it as part of a larger group.
Have You Factored In Weather Patterns And Geological Instability?
As the globe becomes increasingly unstable, weather patterns and natural disasters are going to become a bigger factor in deciding where to live.  For example, right now India is suffering through the worst drought that it has experienced in nearly 50 years.  It would be very difficult to thrive in the middle of such an environment.
Many of those that are encouraging people to “escape from America” are pointing to Chile as an ideal place to relocate to.  But there are thousands of significant earthquakes in Chile each year, and the entire nation lies directly along the “Ring of Fire” which is becoming increasingly unstable.  That is something to keep in mind.

What Will You Do For Medical Care?
If you or someone in your family had a serious medical problem in the United States, you would know what to do.  Yes, our health care system is incredibly messed up, but at least you would know that you could get the care that you needed if an emergency arose.  Would the same be true in a foreign nation?
Are You Moving Into A High Crime Area?
Yes, crime is definitely on the rise in the United States.  But in other areas where many preppers are moving to, crime is even worse.  Mexico and certain areas of Central America are two examples of this.  And in many foreign nations, the police are far more corrupt than they generally are in the United States.
In addition, many other nations have far stricter gun laws than the United States does, so your ability to defend your family may be greatly restricted.
So will your family truly be safe in the nation that you plan to take them to?
Are You Prepared For “Culture Shock”?
Moving to another country can be like moving to a different planet.  After all, they don’t call it “culture shock” for nothing.
If you do move to another country, you may quickly find that thousands of little things that you once took for granted in the U.S. are now very different.
And there is a very good chance that many of the “amenities” that you are accustomed to in the U.S. will not be available in a foreign nation and that your standard of living will go down.
So if you are thinking of moving somewhere else, you may want to visit first just to get an idea of what life would be like if you made the move.
What Freedoms and Liberties Will You Lose By Moving?
Yes, our liberties and our freedoms are being rapidly eroded in the United States.  But in many other nations around the world things are much worse.  You may find that there is no such thing as “freedom of speech” or “freedom of religion” in the country that you have decided to move to.
Is There A Possibility That The Country You Plan To Escape To Could Be Involved In A War At Some Point?
We are moving into a time of great geopolitical instability.  If you move right into the middle of a future war zone, you might really regret it.  If you do plan to move, try to find a country that is likely to avoid war for the foreseeable future.
When The Global Economy Collapses, Will You And Your Family Be Okay For Food?
What good will it be to leave the United States if you and your family run out of food?
Today, we are on the verge of a major global food crisis.  Global food reserves are at their lowest level in nearly 40 years, and shifting global weather patterns are certainly not helping things.
And the global elite are rapidly getting more control over the global food supply.  Today, between 75 and 90 percent of all international trade in grain is controlled by just four gigantic multinational food corporations.
But grain is not the only thing that the food giants control.  Just check out the following statistics from a recent Natural News article…

The paper said three mega-multinationals now control better than 40 percent of global coffee sales, for example. Eight companies control the supply of cocoa and chocolate. Seven control the lion’s share – 85 percent – of tea production. Five multinationals control three-quarters of the world banana trade. And the largest half-dozen sugar traders account for about 66 percent of world trade, the new report by theFairtrade Foundation said.

The elite are also buying up food producing real estate all over the globe.  That is why farmland prices in the United States have been absolutely skyrocketing lately.
The people that run the world are rapidly getting a stranglehold over the global food supply.
So wherever you end up – whether it is in the United States or in another country – you will need to make sure that you can provide enough food for you and your family to live on independently of the system.
These are all things to think about when considering whether or not to move out of the United States.
But there are many, including some of those that regularly read my website, that have made the transition successfully.
If you have some advice that you would like to share with those that are considering moving away from America, please feel free to share it below…

BREAKING: Russia and China to do BIGGEST EVER military drills off Japan and South Korea!

(translated from a Chinese news source)
The Russian Defense Ministry sources said Saturday, the Russian military is discussed in June this year, the Russian Pacific Fleet and Beihai fleet at sea the Chinese naval real live-fire exercises, exercise locations in Japan Haidabide Bay; in addition, the Russian ” peace mission in -2013 ” air army joint military exercises are high-level multiple round.
Russia said the Russian Navy League play, this will be the largest ” “. In fact, precisely, is ” Russia navy in recent years the largest “, may have more than 20 ships, tugs are included. The predicted joint exercises out ship number equivalence, estimation of Russia will each 10 ships, but in last year’s joint exercises in the Yellow Sea is the result of 16 Chinese naval ship, the Russian Pacific fleet includes tug, a total of 7 vessels.
Russian military experts believe that, this will be held military exercises at sea bright spot is ” crossing ” and ” cooperative “,followed by the exercise scenario that joint maritime defense and meet operational, seize the theater air, sea, electromagnetic power cooperative.
Russian experts said, China Sea fleet will pass through the Tsushima Strait or the Korea Strait, China Sea fleet if can pass through the soya strait between Russia and Japan, after a series of chain between Russian controlled, directly into the North Pacific, it can be called on the U.S. – Japan is a ” shake “.
http://www.cjdby.net/junbeidongtai/2013-03-02/military-2957.html

Biderman’s Daily Edge: Why Stocks are Rising Even as Economy Slumps

 Play by play explanation of how the market is being artificailly juiced by the printing press !

Cisco to set up tech training centers in Myanmar

Miami Herald – by ERIKA KINETZ, AP
YANGON, Myanmar – Cisco Systems plans to establish two network training centers in Myanmar, as global technology companies begin to move into one of the least-connected places on Earth.
The announcement Thursday came on the heels of a USAID-sponsored delegation of executives from Cisco, Google, HP, Intel and Microsoft to the fast-opening country.
Levels of cellphone use are lower in Myanmar than in North Korea. The government has made reform of its telecommunications sector, which was long dominated by crony businesses, a priority. Bids from 91 companies from around the world for two nationwide telecom licenses are now under consideration. Increased competition is expected to dramatically reduce the cost of SIM cards, which now run $300 to $500, in time for national elections in 2015.
The USAID technology delegation was geared toward technology education, but is also a step toward commercial engagement.
“Google has a range of potential partnerships, one of which is designed to improve access to online learning … in addition to a broader range of business opportunities that I think you’ll see Google expand into relatively quickly. The same is true of really all the firms,” said USAID head Rajiv Shah, who was making his first trip to Myanmar.
USAID resumed work in Myanmar in November, after Washington suspended most sanctions against the country. Since then, USAID has committed $171 million to health, food security, democracy, human rights and rule of law programs. The agency plans to give more money to Myanmar as the country deepens reforms.

A Simple Example That Should Make It Crystal Clear That ALL Fiat Currency Today is COUNTERFEIT Money

If you had kept $20,000 in a bank savings account since 1913, you would still only have $20,000 dollars in your bank account. But remember that in 1913, one would have been able to buy a very large house with $20,000 whereas today, one can not even buy a decent new car with $20,000. Obviously, the nominal amount of dollars has no meaning and accumulating significantly more dollars does not make one richer as many American foolishly believe today. To buy the same $20,000 house one could buy in 1913, since bankers have destroyed 98% of the purchasing power of the 1913 dollar with their counterfeiting efforts over the last 100 years, one would now need 50X the amount of 1913 $20,000 dollars today, or a whopping $1,000,000 2013 dollars just to buy the same house that $20,000 could have afforded you in 1913.
Another way of stating that is even if you had $999,999 2013 dollars versus only $20,000 1913 dollars, you would still be poorer today than you were in 1913, an astounding fact.
Now imagine you had converted your $20,000 into gold in 1913. In 1913, gold was priced at $18.92 an ounce. Therefore $20,000 would have bought 1,057 ounces of gold. Instead of holding $20,000 in the bank since 1913, had you converted this COUNTERFEIT money in the form of US dollars into the REAL money of gold and simply held 1,057 ounces of gold in a vault (granted one outside of the US) since 1913, your 1,057 ounces of vaulted gold would now be worth 1,057 ounces * 1,580 an ounce = $1,670,060 2013 dollars. And when gold reaches $5,000 an ounce, these 1,057 ounces will increase from $1,670,060 2013 dollars to $5,285,000 future-year dollars. I’ve actually told a class full of 10-year old children that hadn’t yet been exposed to the re-education process this very example and asked them what would they want today given the following choice: $20,000 of USD or $20,000 of gold? 100% of them answered $20,000 of gold because this example makes the decision so clear and so simple.
http://www.zerohedge.com/contributed/2013-03-07/governments-worldwide-are-implementing-orwellian-gold-confiscation-today-yo-0

Infographics on the distribution of wealth in America, highlighting both the inequality and the difference between our perception of inequality and the actual numbers. The reality is often not what we think it is.
I imagine this wealth distribution pattern to be just as obscene in many EU nations as well. In addition, I believe that the top 1% of the wealthiest in America currently also own the lion’s share of all physical gold and physical silver in the United States. Because this top 1% benefits the most from rigged financial markets and truly understand the rigging games as opposed to the masses, they are the most likely to have been converting their COUNTERFEIT fiat paper money into REAL money like physical gold and physical silver. Now I want to make it crystal clear that my intent is not to demonize the top 1% of the wealthiest people in any country as surely there are some entrepreneurs among this group that earned their wealth honestly. However, those that earned their immense wealth through immorally rigging markets, like the LIBOR market, the gold and silver market, and so forth, are the ones for whom I have much disdain.
http://www.zerohedge.com/contributed/2013-03-07/governments-worldwide-are-implementing-orwellian-gold-confiscation-today-yo-0










In reflecting on this two-year smash of precious metals, and in particular, mining shares, let’s take a look at some currency history of the last decade to provide us with some much needed mental capital.
With the help of Nick Laird over at Sharelynx.com, I was able to track down a few charts documenting the staggering percentage growth increases of gold and silver when compared to the world’s major currencies. What I found was shocking:
Despite recent setbacks, gold and silver have been the strongest currencies on the planet for the last 13 years.
Charts at link:
http://bullmarketthinking.com/key-charts-the-two-strongest-forms-of-money-on-the-planet-over-the-last-13-years/

Central banks are among the shrewd investors who buy gold bullion on dips. When gold was weak during May to July of 2012, central banks actively bought nearly 71 tonnes.
http://www.silverdoctors.com/russia-korea-and-central-banks-accumulate-gold-on-dip-below-1600oz/
One clear symbol of our new Gilded Age is that of the peaking DOW while food stamp usage is at a peak as well.
Fed spending far outstripping revenues, balance of trade, and business inventories decline.
from MyBudget360.com:
One clear symbol of our new Gilded Age is that of the peaking DOW while food stamp usage is at a peak as well.  Even though the DOW is only a reflection of a handful of companies, the media focuses on this as if it were a barometer of the real economy.  It isn’t.  Household net worth has fallen by 30 to 40 percent since the recession hit.  But isn’t the DOW at a peak?  Yes.  But the stock market is only a minor part of the portfolio of most Americans.  Also, most Americans derive their wealth from real estate which ironically is now being inflated not by families with growing incomes, but by big banks that are accessing cheap money/debt from the Fed and buying up available properties and crowding out average Americans.  The net impact is higher rents and low supply.  In other words we are inflating another financial bubble that is going to harm your typical American.  Over half of Americans don’t even have a retirement plan in place.  The government is blowing through money it doesn’t even have.  Let us examine the current state of affairs.
http://www.mybudget360.com/the-sequestered-gilded-age-top-20-percent-of-households-control-over-90-percent-of-all-stocks/

No Dhimmi

'Aftershock' Author Robert Wiedemer to Moneynews: Investors Buy Into Fed's '100% Fake' Recovery

The stock market’s roar to record highs Tuesday reflected the Federal Reserve’s massive easing campaign, not the strength of the U.S. economy, says financial commentator Robert Wiedemer, best-selling author of "Aftershock."

The Dow Jones Industrial Average rallied 125.95 points, or 0.9 percent, to 14253.77, surpassing its previous record closing high of 14,164 set in October 2007.

 

“Fed money-printing is important” for the stock market, Wiedemer tells Newsmax TV. “The economy isn’t doing particularly well. This isn’t the economy of 2007; we all remember the boomy times then.”

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Indeed, the economic recovery is “100 percent fake,” he says. “It’s built on Fed money-printing and government borrowing. Both are at record levels. That’s absolutely crucial to this market rally.”

The Fed has added more than $2 trillion to its balance sheet over the past five years through quantitative easing and has pushed short-term interest rates down to near-record lows.

Still, the economy expanded only 0.1 percent in the fourth quarter. “And more important for companies reporting earnings, much of the world is in recession, and that’s affecting a lot of S&P 500 earnings,” says Wiedemer, a regular contributor to Financial Intelligence Report, the flagship investment newsletter of Newsmax Media.

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To be sure, that doesn’t mean the rally won’t continue, he says.

“It would be a little silly to say we’ve topped today; it certainly can go higher,” Wiedemer explains. But “some sort of correction is likely,” he maintains.

“We have gone quite a ways in a short period of time. Whenever the market has a large run-up it’s likely to have some kind of pullback. So a correction is certainly plausible. Whether it’s in the next few days or a week or two, I don’t know.”

So is this a good time for individual investors to dive into the market?

Editor’s Note: Put the World’s Top Financial Minds To Work For You

“There are some values, some high dividend stocks that are good to hold, [though] I’m not sure they’re great values,” says Wiedemer, a managing director of Absolute Investment Management, an investment-advisory firm for individuals with more than $300 million under management.

“Keep in mind that this isn’t being driven by economic fundamentals. Always be careful in playing in markets like this. It may be acting like 2007, but this isn’t the economy of 2007.”

Also realize that even at record highs, the stock market is up only about 10 percent from its 2000 zenith, and the Nasdaq is still down almost 30 percent, Wiedemer says.

“And let’s not assume all stock gains are permanent either. They can go back.”

As for the Fed’s quantitative easing (QE), Wiedemer doesn’t think it will end any time soon.

Editor’s Note: Put the World’s Top Financial Minds To Work For You

“The only exit strategy for [Fed Chairman] Ben Bernanke is to retire, which I think he will do in January. We have been through four [rounds of QE]. It will continue through this year, and quite possibly longer.”

When it comes to the automatic spending cuts (sequester), Wiedemer doesn’t see them having much effect this quarter. But economists say that overall, they’ll take 0.5 to 1 percentage point off GDP, he notes.

[Robert Wiedemer is a managing director of Absolute Investment Management, an investment-advisory firm for individuals with more than $300 million under management. He is a regular contributor to the Financial Intelligence Report, the flagship investment newsletter of Newsmax Media. Click Here to read more of his articles.]
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Are Attorney General Holder’s Statements on Banks and Drones Connected?

Image by William Banzai

How Far Will the Government Go to Defend the Too Big to Fail Banks?

Update: After a 13-hour filibuster by Senator Paul asking for a yes-or-no answer, the Attorney General finally said that drones would not be used to kill U.S. citizens who were not engaged in combat. Or did he?

The Attorney General of the United States made the following 2 statements within 48 hours:

• The president can assassinate American citizens on U.S. soil

• The big banks shouldn’t be prosecuted, as that would destabilize the economy

These statements may – at first glance – seem unconnected.  And the mainstream media is treating them as separate.
True, the government is hell-bent on keeping the giant banks afloat, even though virtually all independent economists, financial experts and bankers are calling for them to be broken up, and Americans overwhelmingly want the government to get tougher on prosecuting Wall Street fraud.
But there might be more to it then than that … and Holder’s statements may be intimately connected.
For example, the Department of Homeland Security, FBI, and other government agencies worked hand-in-hand with the big banks to violently crack down on the Occupy protests.
And what was Occupy protesting?  One of the core complaints of the Occupy protesters was that there are two systems of justice: the little guy gets thrown in jail for the smallest infraction, while banksters escape prosecution for their criminal fraud.  (Occupy also protested the fact that that the big banks got bailed out, while the rest of us got sold out.  And see this.)
In other words, it is exactly the Department of Justice’s policy of not prosecuting big bank crimes which was one of Occupy’s core complaints … and – in response – the federal government sent in the goons to crack heads and trash the free speech rights of the protesters.
This is not an isolated incident.
The big banks literally own the politicians.
For many years, the government has used anti-terror laws mainly to crush political dissent and to help the too big to fail businesses.
Asking questions about Wall Street shenanigans, speaking out against government policies, and protesting anything are all considered grounds for being labeled a “potential terrorist” by the government. (Whistleblowers and journalists are also being treated as terrorists.)
Indeed, the government agency with the power to determine who gets assassinated is the same agency that is at the center of the “ubiquitous, unaccountable surveillance state aimed at American citizens.”
If this sounds like breathless fearmongering, please remember that the U.S. military now considers the American homeland to be a “battle zone” (and see this).
And the banking system is considered “critical infrastructure” by the Department of Homeland security.

Another Connection Between Big Banks and Drones

There is another connection between big banks and drones.
The big banks have a direct role in encouraging and financing war. And see this.
And Ron Paul noted in 2007:

Congress and the Federal Reserve Bank have a cozy, unspoken arrangement that makes war easier to finance. Congress has an insatiable appetite for new spending, but raising taxes is politically unpopular. The Federal Reserve, however, is happy to accommodate deficit spending by creating new money through the Treasury Department. In exchange, Congress leaves the Fed alone to operate free of pesky oversight and free of political scrutiny.

The big banks own the Federal Reserve.
Indeed, some say that all wars are really bankster wars.
Postscript:  A reader adds another potential link between Holder’s statements.  He argues:

Yes, they are intimately connected. Because from now on, if you refuse to use the Federal Reserve Notes that are being devalued in order to prop up the failed banks, you are engaging in “a unique form of domestic terrorism” according to the Department of Justice.

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